ROOTS RIDE & WALK for HAITI

Sunday Sept.15, 2013, Roots of Development, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping communities in rural Haiti manage and sustain their own development, will hold their 5th Annual Bicycle Ride and Walk for Haiti event at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT. Choose the 40 mile, 20 mile or family 4.5 mile ride or walk.

Participants do not have to register in advance, but we highly encourage you to do so @www.rootsride.org  Your donation to participate in the ride or walk includes food, drinks, and a whole lot of other fun activities that will be taking place that day.

Participants are urged to collect pledges (raise funds) in advance from friends and family in honor of their ride or walk. Each participant has the ability to setup their own personal fundraising page and set their own fundraising goal. For those who do not want to collect pledges, the following minimum donation will be collected the morning of the event. Registration begins at 7:00AM.
7:30am - 40 Mile Bike Ride begins ($20.00 entry fee)
8:00am - 20 Mile Bike Ride begins ($20.00 entry fee)
10:00am - 5 Mile Walk ($20.00 entry fee) and Family Ride begins ($20.00 fee for entire family)

Your efforts will help an incredible group of Haitian women create jobs and bring in revenue to an impoverished but hard working part of the world.

All money raised for this event will support the strengthening of an important community business started by GFDAG, The Women's Group for the Development and Advancement of Gran Sous, on the island of La Gonave, Haiti. In order to independently raise money to help area orphans and other vulnerable children stay in school, the women of GFDAG purchase non-perishable food items in bulk in Port-au-Prince and resell them for a profit on La Gonave. The business, completely community run, creates jobs and brings in revenue to maintain past projects and fund future projects.